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The 6-Point Divisor Plan is an Australian horse racing staking plan from 1989, and the thing that keeps it survivable is not the arithmetic — it is the safety brake. You run into four losers in a r...

Weight ratings or speed ratings? Philip Roy tested both on Australian horse racing form, three months at the Sydney tracks, and one of them finished a long way in front. Writing in Practical Puntin...

In Australian horse racing, 99 per cent of punters fail to make money over a 12-month period — and exotic betting is where they lose fastest. Don Scott, a professional punter who spent the sixties ...

There is no short cut in Australian horse racing, and Don Scott is the proof: he worked 12 to 14 hours a day, seven days a week, at form study. Practical Punting's Brian Blackwell interviewed him i...

In Australian horse racing, most punters bet with bookmakers all their lives without ever learning how a bookie makes his book, and it is hard to beat a man at a job you cannot describe. Statsman, ...

In Australian horse racing, backing three horses in a race dramatically shortens the odds you are really betting — the board price is not your price. Philip Roy answered a reader who wanted to d...

Equine influenza (EI) delayed the start of Storm Kite's career but the mare is off and running much to the delight of trainer Ron Quinton.The Honours List four-year-old is having her second start i...

Equine influenza (EI) delayed the start of Storm Kite's career but the mare is off and running much to the delight of trainer Ron Quinton.The Honours List four-year-old is having her second start i...

From NEIL FRANKLYNIRISH CHARMER5h : K Myers : Wanganui7 starts : 2 wins : 4 placesWin distance range : 2000m - 2200mTrack conditions won on : Slow : HeavyThis North Island-trained middle-distance p...

From NEIL FRANKLYNBACK IN BLACK4g : J Steffert : Te Aroha8 starts : 3 wins : 1 placeWin distance range : 1200m - 1400mTrack conditions won on : Fast/Good : DeadSparingly raced sprinter who looks ri...

Gold Coast trainer Stephen Lowe believes Showify has his hoof on the till to break his winning drought in the Listed Brisbane Handicap at Eagle Farm on Saturday.Showify has not won since January 19...

The Winter Stakes could be the last opportunity for talented mare Gold Water to snare an elusive Group One victory before she is retired to stud.The Gai Waterhouse-trained four-year-old will take h...